LOS ANGELES- CA, MARCH 2: Los Angeles Superior Court Stanley Mosk Courthouse March 2, 2004 in Los Angeles Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) *** Local Caption ***
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — In a heated courtroom exchange Monday, Deputy Public Defender Rhonda Haymon challenged the impartiality of a Los Angeles County judge in a burglary case, escalating the dispute by filing a motion to disqualify the judge from all of her cases.
The accused is facing two counts of burglary and was set for a jury trial following a not guilty plea. Deputy Public Defender Haymon noted she filed a motion under Code of Civil Procedure section 170.1 to recuse Judge Lauren Weis Birnstein from the case four days prior, with no response…